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Anna Esaki-Smith writes on the many challenges facing her as she prepares her class for the IELTS exam

President of the Australian Human Rights Commission says number of attacks on campus is 'seriously under-reported'

Students report hostility from traders and clashes over whether Hong Kong is part of China in new study

Letter from dozens of faculty members follows dean of students' warning that institution did not support suppression of controversial views

Large-scale quantitative analysis of university grades confirms the existence of slump in second-year marks first observed in the 1950s

Event debates how counselling teams can cope with increasing mental health problems among learners

But UK students at universities abroad will lose out from the falling pound

Neonatal consultant was an ‘inspirational and gifted teacher’ at the University of Leeds

Unhappiness at university and ‘fear of missing out’ could be driving distraction during lectures, study suggests

Cuts to public teaching funding may have ‘gone too far’, MMU chancellor and creator of Browne review also tells THE

Graduate teachers will be placed on the university’s pay scale and receive the same employment benefits as other staff

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

David Palfreyman considers how secretiveness about the benefits a graduate might expect might fall foul of trading regulations

Education at a Glance report brings warning from director for education, who also says US private fees bear ‘no relationship’ to quality

Karen McBride explains why encouraging students to study abroad is of such importance to Canada’s universities

Students at Jiangxi University of Science and Technology selected younger academics who were ‘positive’ and ‘funny’

Workshop at EAIE event in Liverpool looks at how international learners can be helped to cope with failure

A third of students say the condition affects their academic experience

Universities must pay more attention to the difficulties faced by students, says Daniel Dennehy

David Walker looks at the increasing acceptance that the pressures of university can exacerbate impostor syndrome for students as well as staff

Sophie Carrigill starts Rio campaign just weeks after finishing sports psychology course at University of Worcester

Politically significant figure shows ‘funding gap’ per student of £7,700

With the link between frequent library use and higher grades confirmed, Jack Grove asks if it is time for more universities to start measuring how long students spend in the stacks

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Nearly 70, his mortgage paid and his children settled, John Kirkaldy realises it’s not too late to indulge in a globetrotting adventure

Some lecturers will rightly encourage forms of student interaction that are impossible for those covering their faces, Eric Heinze argues

Brian Cantor says the network aims to be more inclusive and more global than existing university groups

UUK president calls for guarantee that EU students can access loans for 2017 entry

Government’s reliance on ‘dubious evidence’ has damaged UK’s reputation and economy, says IPPR

Taiwanese universities are already under pressure from an ageing population

Social Market Foundation research dismisses claim that widening participation hampers improvements

Thirty-six higher education institutions to charge maximum for all their programmes

The move is one of several measures aimed at atoning for the US university’s history 

The Netherlands’ university association says courses taught in English ‘improve the quality of teaching’

Those reporting mental health issues are markedly more likely to consider quitting, survey finds

As Ipswich institution gains independence, Richard Lister says it is ‘absolutely right’ that new providers go through ‘proper level of scrutiny’

Institutions should also appoint ‘hate incident champions’ to encourage students to report abuse, says study

Banning ghostwriting services from advertising won’t stop students cheating, but four simple steps could hobble them, says Geoffrey Alderman

Study in US suggests that institutions do take a hit from adverse media coverage despite a scandal likely leading to improved policies and procedures

London South Bank's chief operating officer says students deserve to receive the best service after institution wins recognition for customer satisfaction

Chicago ‘does not condone intellectual safe spaces’, dean tells new students

ONS figures will raise fears of further drop in non-EU student enrolment

Democratic nominee's policy leaves 'broken' system intact, experts fear

Jack Grove learns how sites have been reinvented for the 24/7 digital age, while Donald Brown reflects on the role libraries played in his journey from the Mississippi Delta to Oxford

Treating students as consumers has precipitated a rush to the bottom to give them exactly what they want, says John Warren

Walking supervision sessions around Birmingham and pub-based academic chats have won praise from PhD candidates

Senior management do not recognise support staff’s pivotal role in achieving positive student outcomes, administrators say

Maxine Joselow, for Inside Higher Ed, looks at two colleges that are going for tiny living in terms of student accommodation 

New book makes the case for academics to be far more open to the perspectives of others

Group of Eight also warns of ‘policy drift’ and ‘risk to a major export industry’

The University of Exeter has confirmed that fees will go up with inflation for current students, and Sorana Vieru is not impressed

Sir Steve Smith says it would be ‘odd’ to charge some Exeter cohorts less than others

Despite many advances, online programmes suffer from technical faults and a dispiriting lack of interaction, as two scholars found

Post-Brexit, will EU students still see English HE as value for money, and what are the pros and cons of charging them international fees?

V-c says overseas students feel UK is ‘diminished country’ post-referendum

Results of NUS survey appear to reflect university leavers’ experience in job market

Compared with 20 years ago, young graduates face a much greater struggle buying flats, which some fear could stall social mobility

As institutions battle crippling deficits, there are hard and volatile times ahead, writes Martin Hall 

Bugewa Apampa becomes one of just 18 black women with UK professorships